Black School - District 25 - Meade
Center Township
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Black school was organized
May 8, 1886, on land belonging to Moses Black, which was the
SW/4 of the SE/4 of Sec. 35-T32-R28.
In 1916, District #25 was consolidated with District
#35 to form District #69. The buildings were sold at pubic
auction in August of that year. To further confuse things,
this building was moved to District #68, just a mile
east of the Black School location. |
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The photo above is of teacher Emma Veatch
with several students sometime around 1913-1915. |
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This cut from the 1909 Meade
County Plat Map shows the location of the Black School... we
don't know exactly where Touszlin was, but it was in the
NW/4 of Sec. 36.
Touzalin was formed in 1885,
and only last three years. |
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This cut from a modern-day
map shows
the school in relation to the town of Meade and other
schools in the area.
Note the location of
District #69 (Good Hope)... this was the school the Black
School consolidated into in 1916. |
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We do not have a complete
list of students of the Black school, but the surnames of
those we know are: Black, Campbell, Dick, Friesen, Garden,
Harms, Loewen, Louer, McPheter, McQueen, Reiman,
Tatkenhorst, Thiessen, and Tuxhorn. This school, which
organized in 1886, would have expanded quickly in about 1909
and later when the Mennonite community started to grow in
the area southeast of Meade. This population growth made for
a lot of changes in the rural schools. |
Teachers
that we know of:
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LAST |
FIRST |
YEARS |
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Black |
Moses |
1886 |
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Keith |
Elizabeth |
1889 |
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Judd |
Rhoda |
1891 |
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Bodie |
Lucretia |
1892 |
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McGaffin |
Cora |
1893-94 |
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Veatch |
Emma |
1913-16 |
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Jenkins |
Sadie |
(unknown) |
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McCarter |
Jim |
(unknown) |
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DeCow |
Florilla |
(unknown) |
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Palmer |
Mary |
(unknown) |
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Martin |
Kate |
(unknown) |
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| Read the story of
Moses Black written by his
daughter, Florence. She tells of her time growing up in
early Meade County and has some delightful stories about the
education her father insisted she have.
The August 10, 1916, issue of the Meade
Globe: School House For Sale
School house Dist. 25, 6 miles south 1/2 mile east of Meade
with contents and outbuildings will be sold at Auction
August 21, 1916, to the highest bidder. A.K. Froes, District
Clerk, Meade, Kansas.
(we know the main building went to Dist. 68, perhaps this
sale was just for the rest.)
The September 21, 1916, issue of the
Meade Globe: New School Houses
Dist. 68: 30x34; dist. 42: 28x32; dist. 31: 28x40; dist.
69: 28x34. |
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